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Open-Ended Fountain Pen

Created by
mitchel1682
Created on Jun 28, 2010

This is more or less a "fountain pen" I put together in Google Sketchup. Fountain Pens are designed to deliver their ink to the paper via capillary action, where the surface tension of the ink is so high that it overcomes gravity. However, when that surface tension is broken (i.e. when the pen hits paper), the ink starts to flow.

Traditional fountain pens use an ink application device known as a Nib, which has two metal pieces that pull apart slightly to deliver the ink, however this design forgoes that concept and just uses a small tube to deliver the ink.

NOTE: This pen has not yet been printed, so I have no clue whereas to if it will print properly, if it can write, or even how much ink it can take without spilling. It also doesn't have an end cap! If this pen works I'll try to fix the latter problem in a later revision. With that being said, it would be greatly appreciated if someone printed this pen so I could have some means of feedback!

Instructions

1. Print Pen (no pun intended)

2. Fill pen with bottle fountain pen ink

3a. Place ink tip on paper

3b. Write before it splotches!

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Open-Ended Fountain Pen

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